The New Year is Approaching

Wow, it's 2:53AM and I'm still up--I can't sleep. I think I'm dreading going back to work on Wednesday and with the time off that I have had I've managed to seriously screw up my sleep schedule. I know I'll be feeling it when I can't sleep on Tuesday and then have to wake up at 5:20AM on Wednesday. Yeah, I bet you can't wait for that blog entry! HA! Well this Saturday Edgar and I went to my Tia's (Aunt) 60th Birthday party in Tustin. We had a jolly old time. The food was really good and it was awesome to listen to the Mariachi band they had performing for everyone. The bartender was this old, short guy with silver hair and I think he was working hard for tips because Edgar and I kept ordering mixed drinks and he was going heavy on the liquor! It was a great night especially spending it with my family. I also got to see my mom and her boyfriend in action on the dance floor. After so many years of being alone and being mis-treated it warmed my heart to see her so happy. I am so glad she has finally found someone who understands her, loves her and accepts me as a part of his family. The interesting thing is he has stepped so much into the "father" role for me that's its been eerily natural. If I mention I need new wiper blades he buys them for me, if I mention that an orange plastic ball melted on the exhaust pipe of my car he goes and takes it off for me (this actually did happen by the way and I don't know how). It felt weird at first, but now I know that if I ever needed anything he would be there in a heartbeat for me...I catch myself thinking, "wow, so this is what it would have been like to have a loving father growing up". Damn I missed out. But my mom tried as hard as she could...all I know is if I ever have children, it's not something I want them to miss out on. Okay, I went off on kind of a LONG tangent there...back to the original post. My Tia's 60th Birthday Party! Here are some photos:



My Mom & Richard




Edgar & I in front of the HUGE Christmas Tree




Family picture with my cousins--My mom's brother's sons and my mom's sister's daughters--we are missing my cousin Mike (my mom's sister's son) and my older brother Steven. Did you get all that?



My Uncle David and Richard in the background



My cousins holding Andrew, the youngest member of the family upside down,(my oldest cousin's son)



My Tia & Tio (Aunt & Uncle)--My Tia Martha in all of her Birthday glory in her hat. She was so worried it was going to mess up her hair :D

So, Edgar and I had a wonderful night with the family. I wonder what's in store for us next year? Geez, I can't believe it's already going to be 2008. :)

Picture Day

So last night Edgar took me to get my Christmas present. I know it's early, but I wanted it so bad. :) I got a digital camera--my first one. I know that sounds crazy, but it's true. When I first met Edgar in 2003 he already had a digital camera so when I needed one, I just used his. Well flashback to the present time and this old digital camera well just wasn't cutting it for me anymore. It has been a great camera, it's a Canon PowerShot S110, 2.1MP and we had an 8MB compact flash card in the camera. Yes, I said 2.1MP and 8MB flash card I know holy cow huh? :) Anyway, I was so excited last night. We went to Circuit City and I got a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W90. I LOVE it!! It's black, 8.1MP 3X optical Zoom and we bought a 2GB memory card for it. It's also very lightweight and so far, it's taken some great pictures. This morning Edgar and I decided to go to Souplantation for breakfast here are some pictures I took. :D


Here's my first attempt at an artsy fartsy shot of my orange juice.


Here's our little Zoomie posing for me. Please don't mind the pile of white clothes on the bed that I need to fold:


Some Christmas decorations in our apt:


Oh yeah, and my mom and I went to go pick up my dress at David's Bridal today. I was so excited~ :D The dress is so pretty...oooo I love that it's hanging in my mom's closet.


There are going to be A LOT of pictures posted on here from now on. I intend to use this thing as much as I can :) YAY I'm so happy. Thank you Beeboo!!!

It's Been a While

Man, it's been a LOOONG time since I last blogged. I've been super busy. Here is a list of things that have kept me occupied or that have occurred while I was not blogging:

1) Wedding plans have changed and although it has been a stressful time, I'm super happy with the direction we are going now. We have put the kibosh on the wedding plans for Maui, and are now going to have the wedding in La Jolla, CA at Cuvier Park. I couldn't be happier--it's cheap and gorgeous. I win dammit and it's still on the beach. :)

2) My mom and I went shopping for my Wedding Dress and I found it at the first store we went to. I never thought that would happen to me. I tend to be pretty damn indecisive when it comes to these things, but this time it wasn't like that. I tried on A LOT of dresses and then tried on this one and when I put it on I felt like a million bucks. Pictures do it no justice, it's simple and gorgeous and so very "me". Plus it was under $500 which is what I had originally wanted and that made me even happier. Why tempt myself with $1000.00 dresses when I can't afford them anyway? I'm trying to be realistic here ya know?

3) I got sick over Thanksgiving. Ugh I know...Edgar got sick and then I got sick. Having a cold sucks. The worst part is not being able to breathe at night because that in turn means I don't sleep no matter how tired I am.

4) Thanksgiving was great. We spent it with Edgar's family in Moreno Valley. We had some great food, great company and then we washed it all down with apple cider, cheesecake and a marathon of Ghost Hunters. Man, it was awesome.

5) Work has kept me on my toes. Students are currently registering for Winter Quarter and it's just been kind of rough. The other advisor that I work with just had surgery on her foot so she's been out. I thought it would be slowing down by now, but the students keep coming in and it seems like my patience is running thin. I keep trying to understand where they are coming from, but I can't. I don't remember being this clueless in college. Somedays I wonder how long I will be able to stay at this position.

I Got Tagged.

Thanks to the marvelous Angelina I have been tagged!! So here goes nothing :)

Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life
(1) Administrative Assistant @ my old high school
(2) Sales Associate @ Sam Goody
(3) Receptionist @ Printing in UC Berkeley
(4) Academic Advisor

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over
(1) "The Wedding Singer"
(2) "Idiocracy"
(3) "Ever After"
(4) "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

Four TV Shows I Like to Watch
(1) The Women's Murder Club
(2) Intervention
(3) Heroes
(4) I Love New York

Four Places I Have Vacationed
(1) Italy
(2) Las Vegas
(3) Grand Canyon (long time ago)
(4) Can't think of any other place...

Four of My Favorite Dishes
(1) Potato tacos
(2) My mom's salsa
(3) Edgar's mom's veggie lasagna
(4) Pad Thai w/tofu

Four Websites I Visit Daily
(1) The Superficial.com
(2) OMG.yahoo.com
(3) The Knot
(4) MySpace

Four Places I Would Rather Be
(1) Home
(2) Guatemala
(3) Costa Rica
(4) Italy

Four Bloggers I Am Tagging
(1) Ms. Jackson
(2) Robyn
(3) I don't think many people read my blog...
(4) So yeah.

LIFE

Man...I feel like I have so much to write, but my thoughts are all in a jumble in my head. I haven't blogged in a bit so I feel compelled to update. To start, Edgar and I have continued with our working out and every time we go to the gym I feel good. I know he and I both have long ways to go in order to get into what we would consider our "prime" shape, but for once I'm willing to go the distance for it. I know I have not lost an enormous amount of weight, but when I can notice my clothes starting to fit me a little loose in places where they were tight, it keeps me wanting to work out even more. I have not felt this motivated in a looooong time and it makes me feel really good about myself.

There are days I have been consumed with feelings that I have never had before. I know, it's sounds melodramatic, but it's the truth. Lately, I have found myself feeling so content with life and it's a wonderful feeling. I have a wonderful fiancé who cares about me so much and about taking care of "us". I have a wonderful mother who has found a great person to share her life with and he's basically accepted me as another one of his daughters. I have a good job. I live in a great place and our cat loves us--hahaha...yes this all makes me so happy.

Tomorrow I am leaving to an Academic Advising Conference in Baltimore, MD. I am looking forward to learning many things about my career and gaining insight and ideas that I can directly apply to my advising skills. I am looking forward to going to see the East Coast for the first time ever and I am looking forward to seeing my cousin, his wife and their son who live over there. I am not however looking forward to being without my fiancé. I know I sound like a whiny little baby--but the beginning of our relationship was long distance and airports remind me of days that I had to say goodbye to him and the pain I used to feel knowing that I was not going to see him for a while. We've lived together now for almost 3 years and I see him everyday...but I never get tired of seeing him or feeling him or smelling him (yes he has a very distinct smell that I associate with "home"). I will miss him on this 5 day trip and wish that I could somehow take him with me. Too bad he doesn't fit in my suitcase. :D

Happy Friday.

I really don't have very much more to say than that--Happy Friday. I'm so glad the weekend is here...I feel like I need a ton of rest after this week at work...it was H E L L. =P

I'm in a MOOD!

Man, I must have woken up on the "bitchy" side of the bed this morning because I'm in a mood today. It could be that, or the fact that this morning I have gotten question after question from students and I feel as though they're all retarded--I have to say I'm dumbfounded. I'm far from genius, but I don't remember ever asking the questions that I'm getting now when I was in school. I went to college...they gave me a catalog...told me to hold on to it for 4 years and follow the requirements and read it--so I did! IMAGINE THAT. Are we facing the decline of civilization already? I mean as the years go by and I see new students come in quarter after quarter it seems as though the overall I.Q. is dropping. (Okay, now let me mention that every now and then I get an exceptional student who is very well prepared and has great questions). However for the most part, they are unprepared. I'm not happy, but I think it's just my mood...but I swear if I get one more question like, "Can I walk from point A to point B in 10 minutes?" I'm seriously going to say, "I don't know. Why the eff don't you go time it yourself." I mean seems logical doesn't it? DUUUUUUDE.